This is an analysis of the poem What Difference Does That Make? that begins with:

What can anyone say to another,
When opportunities to have meaningful conversations......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCC cdXb efXf bgfg ABCC XeghcXX df hX XfXg XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,7,2,2,4,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010010 110100011001010 1010011010 0100101110010 10110 11011111 101010011101 101010110110010 1110111010101 100001101111001 111 1010110100111101 111011011010 010101011101 11110001110101 011110110101001 1110010010 110100011001010 1010011010 0100101110010 10 11010111 1111110 11110010 110010011 110111000010 11001100001101 11111 11001 1111 11100 1100111 1110010 1111101 11011 111111 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they, that are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of What Difference Does That Make?;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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